• Fantini DA and Phillippi JA. ROCK regulates TSP1 and endothelial marker expression in vasa vasorum-derived pericyte spheroids. Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting. October 12-15, 2022. San Antonio, TX. Poster presentation
• International Society for Applied Cardiovascular Biology 18th Biennial Meeting. September 28-October 1, 2022. Memphis, TN. “Perivascular cell-matrix interactions in human thoracic aortic disease.” Dr. Phillippi
• Wintruba KL, Lee YC, Hill JC, Richards TD, Billaud M, Kaczorowski DJ, Gleason TG Phillippi JA. Adventitial ECM from Ascending Aortic Aneurysms Fails to Stimulate Contractility of Vasa Vasorum-Associated Pericytes. Society of Thoracic Surgeons 58th Annual Meeting. January 29-31, 2022. Virtual Meeting. ePoster presentation
• Stanford University Cardiovascular Research Institute Frontiers in Cardiovascular Science Seminar Series. September 28, 2021. “Small is BIG: A Vasa Vasorum Perspective of Human Aneurysmal Disease.” (Virtual visit). Dr. Phillippi
• ISACB Webinar Series, August 7, 2019. “Aortic disease: What dictates risk of rupture and how can we protect and restore wall integrity?” Online webinar. Dr. Phillippi
• Florida International University, Department of Biomedical Engineering. The Walter H. Coulter Foundation Seminar Series. February 14, 2020. “Extracellular Matrix Hydrogels for Microvascular Regeneration.” Dr. Phillippi
• Jiang D, Sun W, Wu T, Zou, M, Vasamsetti SB, Zhang X, Zhao Y, Phillippi JA, Sawalha AH, Tavakoli S, Dutta P, Florentin J, Chan SY, Tollison TS, Wu D, Cui J, Huntress I, Peng X, Finkel T, Li G. Post-GWAS functional analysis of the CDKN2A/B locus identifies CUX1 as a regulator of p16INK4a expression and cellular senescence. American Heart Association Scientific Sessions. November 13-15, 2021. Poster presentation
• Cha HD, Hearn JD, Phillippi JA, Gleason TG, Billaud M. Metabolic disruption in smooth muscle cells isolated from human ascending aortic aneurysm. North American Vascular Biology Organization Annual Meeting. October 25-29, 2021. e-Poster presentation
• Waxman S, Martinez LA, Villafranca-Baughman D, Richards TD, Phillippi JA, Di Polo A, Sigal I. Toward mapping the distribution of pericytes in the optic nerve head. International Society for Eye Research- Concepts and Breakthroughs in Glaucoma. Atlanta, GA USA. October 6-9, 2021. Poster presentation
• Huckaby LV, Fortunato RN, Emerel EV, Richards TD, Hill JC, Billaud M, Phillippi JA, Vorp D, Maiti S and Gleason TG. Modeling aortic wall stress from CT- and echo-derived biomechanical parameters for clinical risk prediction. 2021 American Association for Thoracic Surgery and Aortic Symposium. Virtual meeting. May 1-3, 2021. Oral presentation *Kouchoukos Award for the top-ranked abstract
• Wintruba KL, Hill JC, Richards TD, Billaud M, Gleason TG, and Phillippi JA. Aortic Adventitia Extracellular Matrix-Derived Hydrogels Enhances Contractility of Pericytes. Society for Biomaterials Annual Meeting. April 21-23, 2021. Virtual meeting. Rapid fire oral presentation
• Wintruba KL, Hill JC, Richards TD, Billaud M, Gleason TG, and Phillippi JA. Adventitial Extracellular Matrix Promotes Pericyte Contractility via Growth Factor and Integrin-Dependent Mechanisms. International Society for Applied Cardiovascular Biology 17th Biennial Meeting. Tokyo, Japan (Virtual). March 12-13, 2021. Oral presentation
• Baylor College of Medicine’s Cardiovascular Research Institute 2020-21 Seminar Series. December 16, 2020 (Virtual visit and presentation). “Microvascular Perspectives of Human Aortic Disease.” Dr. Phillippi
• Billaud M, Wintruba KL, Stern A, Richards T, Hill, J, Gleason TG and Phillippi JA. Deficient growth factor-mediated signaling of adventitial ECM is associated with impaired vasa vasorum function in human aortic aneurysm. Vascular Biology 2019. Monterey, CA. October 27-31, 2019. Poster presentation
• Hill JC, Richards TD, Pilli J, Shiva SS, Phillippi JA, Gleason TG and Billaud M. Disrupted mitochondrial homeostasis in aortic smooth muscle cells of patients with bicuspid aortic valve. Vascular Biology 2019. Monterey, CA. October 27-31, 2019. Poster presentation
• Center for Interdisciplinary Cardiovascular Sciences, Brigham and Women’s Hospital/Harvard Medical School. July 31, 2017. “Perspectives of Human Thoracic Aortic Disease: Oxidative Stress, ECM Microarchitecture, and Microvascular Remodeling.” Dr. Phillippi
• Gates Center for Regenerative Medicine, University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical School. July 11, 2017 “Microvascular Biology and Aortic Disease: Insights through Tissue-Engineered Models.” Dr. Phillippi
• Fisher B, Hill JC, Billaud M, Richards TD, Gleason TG and Phillippi JA. Adventitia-Derived ECM Hydrogels as Disease Models and Biomaterials for Vasa Vasorum Regeneration in Human Aortic Disease. International Symposium for Applied Cardiovascular Biology and Vascular Tissue Engineering. Zurich, Switzerland. June 19-21, 2019. Poster presentation and Poster Teaser Oral Presentation
• Fisher B, Hill JC, Billaud M, Richards TD, Gleason TG, and Phillippi JA. Adventitial Extracellular Matrix Hydrogel Improves Sprouting of Human Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm-Derived Pericytes. Biomaterials Annual Meeting. Seattle, WA. April 3-6, 2019. Oral presentation
• Fisher B, Hill JC, Billaud M, Richards TD, Gleason TG, and Phillippi JA. Influence of Adventitial Extracellular Matrix Hydrogel on Sprouting of Human Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm-Derived Pericytes. Regenerative Medicine Workshop. Charleston, SC. March 20-23, 2019. Oral presentation
• Chan PG, Phillippi JA, Billaud M, and Gleason TG. Oxidative Stress Induced Calpain And Caspase-3 Is Increased in Aortic Smooth Muscle Cells Derived From Bicuspid Aortic Valve Patients. American Heart Association Scientific Sessions. Chicago, IL. November 10-12, 2018. Poster presentation
• Billaud M, Hill JC, Richards TD, Donnenberg VS, Donnenberg AD, Meyer EM, Gleason TG, and Phillippi JA. Vasa Vasorum Endothelial Function in Human Ascending Aortic Aneurysm. International Society for Applied Cardiovascular Biology Biennial Meeting. Bordeaux, France. September 16-19, 2018. Oral presentation
• Thunes J, Phillippi JA, Gleason TG, Vorp DA, and Maiti S. A Structural Finite Element Model of the Ascending Thoracic Aorta. 8th World Congress of Biomechanics 2018. Dublin, Ireland. July 8-12, 2018. Oral presentation
• Emerel L, Thunes JT, Maiti S, Kickliter T, Billaud M, Phillippi JA, Vorp DA, and Gleason TG. Aberrant Biomechanical Properties and Stress Mapping Dissection Probability Models in Ascending Aortas of Patients Sustaining Acute Type A Aortic Dissection During Surveillance. American Association for Thoracic Surgery. May 2, 2018. Oral presentation
• Yerneni S, Hill JC, Fercana GR, Badylak SF, Gleason TG, Weiss LE, Phillippi JA, and Campbell PG. Decellularized Chicken Chorioallantoic Membrane as a Novel Pro-Angiogenic Biomaterial. Regenerative Medicine Workshop. Charleston, SC. March 21-24, 2018. Poster presentation
• Billaud M, Hill JC, Richards TD, Nine J, Gleason TG, and Phillippi JA. Medial Hypoxia and Adventitial Vasa Vasorum Remodeling in Human Ascending Aortic Aneurysm. Regenerative Medicine Workshop. Charleston, SC. March 21-24, 2018. Oral presentation
• Thunes J, Phillippi JA, Gleason TG, Vorp DA, and Maiti S. Predicting the Uniaxial Failure Properties of The Aortic Media with an Embedded Fiber Finite Element Method Biomedical Engineering Society Annual Meeting. Phoenix, AZ, October 11-14, 2017. Oral presentation
• Chan PG, Billaud M, Phillippi J, and Gleason T. Effect of collagen substrates on oxidative stress-induced changes in SMC phenotype in BAV aortopathy. 12th Annual American Surgical Congress. Las Vegas, NV, February 7-9, 2017.
• Julie Phillippi: “Oxidative Stress Pathways and Extracellular Matrix Remodeling in Aortic Disease.” Visiting Scholar, Centers in Excellence in Glycosciences, Lerner Research Institute at the Cleveland Clinic. May 2, 2016.
• Julie Phillippi: “Elastic Fiber Microarchitecture in Thoracic Aortic Disease is Predicated by Aortic Valve Morphology.” Elastin Gordon Conference, July 25-31, 2015-Biddeford, Maine Invited talk
• Marie Billaud: Β-induced Elastin Expression Varies with Smooth Muscle Cell Phenotype in Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm” Elastin Gordon Conference Elastin Gordon Conference, July 25-31, 2015-Biddeford, Maine Poster presentation
• Julie Phillippi: “Location of the Raphe in Type 1 Bicuspid Aortic Valve Correlates with Spatial Patterns in Antioxidant Gene Expression in the Proximal Ascending Aorta.” Western Thoracic Surgical Society Annual Meeting, June 24-27, 2015-Whistler, British Columbia, Canada Podium presentation
• Julie Phillippi: “Pericytes from Human Aortic Adventitia Form and Support Endothelial Networks In Vitro.” Regenerative Medicine Workshop, May 13-16, 2015-Hilton Head, SC Podium presentation
• Thomas Gleason: “BAV-Associated Aortopathy: The Interplay of Oxidative Stress, Cellular Mechanisms, and Microarchitectural Changes to the ECM.” Cardiac Surgery Biology Club Meeting. April, 2015, Seattle, WA Invited talk
• Marie Billaud: “Expression Profile of Superoxide Dismutases and NADPH Oxidases Varies with Smooth Muscle Cell Phenotype in Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm.” American Heart Association Fellows Day. January 23, 2015-Pittsburgh, PA Podium presentation
• Julie Phillippi: “Superoxide Generation and Oxidative Tissue Damage in Bicuspid Aortic Valve-Associated Aortopathy.” Society for Free Radical Biology and Medicine Annual Meeting, November 19-23, 2014. Seattle, WA. Podium presentation
• Julie Phillippi “Cytometric Detection of Perivascular Progenitor Cells in Human Adult Thoracic Aorta.” International Society for Advancement of Cytometry: CYTO 2014. Mesenchymal Stromal Cell Workshop, May 18, 2014-Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Invited talk
• Julie Phillippi: “Thoracic Aortic Disease: A Multi-layer Problem and Solution in Perivascular Oversight of Vessel Homeostasis.” Institute for Computational Experimental Research in Mathematics Workshop: From the Clinic to Partial Differential Equations and Back: Emerging Challenges in Cardiovascular Mathematics, January 20-24, 2014-Brown University, Providence, PI Invited talk

Contact:
Dr. Julie Phillippi
Assistant Professor
phillippija@upmc.edu
412-624-6704